Best starting XI of your generation

All this stems from some moron (English) saying to myself and a mate recently that Rooney is the best player of our generation. We obviously just laughed and walked off, but it got us thinking about the best team of our generation, I realise different age groups are on here so it will be mixed, for example I never saw Pele play so he won't be near my team. Anyway here's the team I came out with,

Keeper
Peter Schmeichal - Prone to the odd lapse in concentration, but his reflexes were fantastic, and when he was on form he was the greatest keeper in the world.

Defence
Right Cafu - An absolute phenom of a player
Left Paolo Maldini - No explaination necessary
Centre Fernando Hierro - Genuinely think he has been forgotten about a bit in the category of world class players
Centre Lothar Matthaus - Absolute rock of a defender, good passer of the ball too. I took quite a lot of stick for sporting a West Germany jersey with his name on it throughout Italia '90

Midfield
Right Diego Maradona - I only remember him from around 89 onwards, but from the glimpses I remember he was something else
Left Lionel Messi - Honestly he deserves a spot from what I've seen in the last couple of seasons. Genuinely think he's the next in line in the Pele - Maradona - Zidane line
Centre Zinedine Zidane - I think he's the greatest player I've ever watched, but I did just catch the tail end of Maradona's career
Centre Dunga - Playing as a defensive midfielder in a diamond midfield formation

Forward

Kinsmann - Most natural goalscorer I've ever witnessed
Bergkamp - Most intelligent player I've ever witnessed

Schmeical Thuram Hierro Desailly Maldini Keane Maradona Zidane Hagi Ronaldo(Real not Diver) Batistuta.
Manager Wenger.

Maldini, Zidane and Ronaldo should be in everyones team tbh.

Schemeichel - Great keeper

Cafu - An amazing right back, could get up and down the wing and defend as well
Thuram - He was a solid defender. I can't remember him making a mistake
Maldini - Another solid defender. A real sign of how great he is: he's spent his entire career at one of the top clubs and can still do it at 39.
Roberto Carlos - I always like full-backs that attacked and though maybe not as defensively sound as Cafu, he's still an asset to any team

Keane - Great defensive midfielder
Zidane - The best player I've ever seen play
Zola - One of those players that turn a game in a flash, pure genius

Jardel - Amazing goalscorer. Pity his career stifled in Turkey
Bergkamp - A true genius of football
Ronaldo - Another player who scored goals for fun

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            Ravelli

Zanetti  Baresi  Hierro  Lizarazu

            Sammer

 Rui Costa  Mendieta      Nedved

            Stoichkov

            Batistuta

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Being very faithful to the premise. Would have liked to have included Laudrup and Van Basten but I never saw them at their best.

GK: Schmeichal

RB: Cafu
CB: Sammer
CB: Baresi
LB: Maldini

RM: Figo
CM: Redondo
CM: Rui Costa
LM: Giggs

CF: Batistuta
CF: R Baggio

1990-2007
at their best

-----------------Schmeichel
Cafu ---Cannavaro ----- Maldini -------R. Carlos

-------------Keane-------Guardiola

Figo---------------- Zidane-----------------Giggs

---------------------Ronaldo

Bench
Buffon , McGrath ,Baresi , Stam , Xavi , Ronaldinho , Messi ,Beckham , Raul , Kanchelskis , Van Nistelrooy , Kaka , Shevchenko , Batistuta , Bergkamp , Romario

surprised nobody's picked roberto baggio so far

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Originally Posted by lim abroad

surprised nobody's picked roberto baggio so far

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Look again, they have

GK:zubizarreta
RB:cafu
CB:koeman
CB:baresi
LB:maldini
RW:figo
CM:baggio
CM:zidane
LW:stoichkov
CF:ronaldo
CF:romario

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Originally Posted by jebus

Look again, they have

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you're right,didn't spot that

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Originally Posted by lim abroad

GK:zubizarreta
RB:cafu
CB:koeman
CB:baresi
LB:maldini
RW:figo
CM:baggio
CM:zidane
LW:stoichkov
CF:ronaldo
CF:romario

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Dodgy keeper mate....

------------------Schmeichel

-----Cafu ---Cannavaro ----- Dunga -------Maldini

---------------------Keane

Romario---------------- Zidane--------------Stoichkov

----------- Shearer------------Bergkamp

Honourable Mentions:

Ronadinho, Messi, Baggio, Gullit, Desailly, Hagi

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Originally Posted by Pike B

Dodgy keeper mate....

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most capped spanish plaer ever(126 caps) and played in 4 world cups,can't be that dodgy?

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Originally Posted by lim abroad

most capped spanish plaer ever(126 caps) and played in 4 world cups,can't be that dodgy?

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Nigeria's 2nd goal in France 98.... Ouch...

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Originally Posted by Pike B

Nigeria's 2nd goal in France 98.... Ouch...

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there isn't a player in the world that hasn't made mistakes

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Originally Posted by Ruben Sosa

1:Chilavert
2:Cafu
3:Zanetti
4:Sensini
5:Aldair
6:Etchevery
7:Romario
8:Maradona
9:Batistuta
10:Valderama
11:Ruben Sosa (Captain)
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

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I know you like South American football a lot, but I can't take a team without Maldini in the starting line up seriously to be honest. In many ways he's a better player than Maradona or Zidane ever was :)

schmeichel

maldini
carragher
costacurta
thuram

zidane
keane
kaka

r.baggio
van basten
ronaldo

sub : cristiano :) {just for his free kick prowess}

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Originally Posted by lim abroad

there isn't a player in the world that hasn't made mistakes

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Zinedine Zidane..
Everything he ever did was right...
Yes even the headbutt. :D

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Originally Posted by Pike B

Zinedine Zidane..
Everything he ever did was right...
Yes even the headbutt. :D

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hahaha,ok.what would your team be?